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About 591 new cases of dengue fever were reported in the nation's capital last week, the weekly report released by the South Delhi municipality on Monday revealed. Of the new cases, 260 were recorded in Delhi, while 254 were in the other states. In 77 cases, the address of the patients was not revealed by the hospital. Thus, the total number of cases of dengue in the city rose to 6,214, including one death in the Wazirabad area, north of Delhi.
Of this total, 2406 cases were recorded in Delhi and 3131 were contracted in the other States. hospitals did not reveal the patients' address in 677 cases.
Other than that, about 32 cases of malaria and nine cases of chikungunya were also recorded in Delhi last week.
According to the report, about 26,777,380 homes were sprayed in the capital this year. About 2.29.933 homes were found positive for mosquito breeding. Legal opinions were sent to 1.83.641 locations, of which 25.873 prosecutions were initiated this year.
In the midst of this, doctors advised people to take precautions to prevent mosquito breeding at home and also urged people to wear long sleeves and use mosquito nets.
Water coolers should be dried when they are not inside Mosquitoes carrying dengue infection there reproduce a lot, said a doctor. Cases of vector-borne diseases are usually reported between July and November, but this period can last until mid-December. No cases of vector-borne disease have been reported until 13 January.
According to the report, domestic reproductive verifiers found that mosquitoes were breeding in 2,299,933 households in the city until November 24 and 1,83641 legal notices were served for various violations and "25,873 prosecution ".
As a proactive measure, the lieutenant governor of Delhi, Anil Baijal, ordered local agencies and other agencies a few months ago to step up vector control measures.
district magistrates with all stakeholders to review the situation in their respective districts.
According to the SDMC, 10 people died of dengue in Delhi last year, five of whom were not residents of the national capital.
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